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11 “With water[a] I baptize those who repent of their sins; but someone else is coming, far greater than I am, so great that I am not worthy to carry his shoes! He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 12 He will separate the chaff from the grain, burning the chaff with never-ending fire and storing away the grain.”

13 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized there by John.

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  1. Matthew 3:11 With water . . . with the Holy Spirit, or “In water . . . in the Holy Spirit.”

11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C) 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(D)

The Baptism of Jesus(E)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(F)

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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in